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A. MICHELBACHER.

'Peat' Machine. No. 64,784. Patented May 14. 1867.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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Letters Patent No. 64,784, dated Mag '14, 1867.. A

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; 7

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM MICHELBACHER, of the city, county, and Stateof New'York, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements inPeat-Gathering Machines and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description'of the same, reference being hadvtothe accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specification, inwhich I Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a peat-gatheringmachine constructed according to my invention. Figure 2 is. a plan viewof the same. blmilar letters of reference Indicate corresponding partsin both figures.

This invention consists in the combination, with a suitable carriage, ofa scraper, a 'system of rotating buckets, and a peat receptacle, wherebythe peat, in a dry pulverized or pulverulent condition, may be gatheredor taken from the ground with very great ease and rapidity, and be veryconveniently transpo rtcd from place to placer The invention furtherconsists in a novel means whereby the operation of the machine may becon- :trolled at will, to cause a greater or less depth of peat to betaken from the ground as the machine is drawn along. The inventionfurther consists in a novel means whereby the removal of the peat fromthe peat recep-- tacle, in unloading the machine is very materiallyfacilitated.

To enable'otliers to understand the construction and operation of myinvention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

g A represents a rectangular framework, the forward end of which isfurnished with a bent axle, a, upon each end of which is placed asupporting-wheel, B. The opposite or rear end of this frame isconstructed with downwardly-extending postsor standards, 5, the lowerends of which are furnished with small wheels, 0, the aforesaid frameand the wheels thereof just mentioned constituting the supportingcarriage of themachine. 0 indicates a rectangular box or receptacle,which is suspended by pivots d in the forward end of the frame A, and isretained in a horizontal position when required, by means of a pin, 8,passing through one end thereof into the adjacent end of the frame A,and has one of its end-boards, markedf, hinged at its upper edge, asshown at a*, in fig. 1, in such manner that when desired the saidend-board may be swung outward and upward to open the end of thereceptacle, the said end-board being held in positionto close such end,during the operation of gathering and transporting the peat, by anysuitable device at the lower edge thereof. Situated midway between theinner end of the receptacle 0 and the rear end of the frame A, is atransverse shaft, D, which is furnished at one end with a balance-wheel,g, and at the other with a pinion, h, which is connected by anintermediate spur-wheel, c', with a gear-wheel, is, secured to one ofthe supporting wheels B. This shaft D is furnished with any requisitenumber of radial arms, m, to the outer ends of which are secured thetransverse buckets E, the

shape of which is indicated more fully in fig. 1, and which are arrangedin a series concentric with the shaft D, as shown in the said figure.The curved scraper F is situated transversely at the rear end of theframe A, and

is secured to the lower ends of the upwardly-extending handles a, andpivoted to the sides of the frame by lateral pivots passed through theaforesaid handles, as shown at 6*. This scraper is extended forward, sothat its front edge is brought below the rotating buckets E, and nearlyor quite underneath the shaft D-thereof.

The machine being drawn along by horses or otherdraught animals, bymeans of a suitable tongue or shaft attached to its forward end A", theperson using the same grasps the handles 7t, and, by elevating the saidhandles, forces down the forward or cutting edge of the scraper into thepeat upon the ground, to a greater or" less depth, as may be required;the said peat having been first brought into a more or less dry andpulverized or comminuted condition. The peat then passes upward upon thecurved or inclined surface of the said scraper. At the same time theseries of buckets E beingrotated'in the direction of the arrow by themotion of that wheel B, to which the spur-wheel 7a is secured, the saidbuckets, as they pass upward over the said scraper, are filled with thepeat collected thereon, and carry the same upward and over, until, theirposition being reversed, as they pass downward in front of the shaft D,the peat is thrown or dropped therefrom into the box or receptacle 0,the peat, as the machine moves forward, being thus conveyed from thescraper to the receptecle, until the latter is filled, which being done,the handles a are depressed so as to bring thescraper abovethe surface,and the machineis then drawn to the place where it is desired todepositthe peahwhereupon the pin 0 is removed, and the receptacle 0 istilted upon its sustaining pivots 02, so as to bring nearer to theground that end thereof which is furnished with the hinged end-boardf.The said board is then swung outward andupward to open such end of thereceptacle, thus allowing the contents of such receptacle to fall freelyout therefrom. By these means the peat lnay be gathered from the groundat a very slight expense, and readily transported to the desired placeof cleposit. v

What I claim as my invention,' and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1, The combination of the scraper F, the rotating buckets E, and thereceptacle 0, with a suitable carriage, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The scraper F, pivoted in rear of the rotating buckets E, andfurnished with handles 10, whereby the said scraper may be made tooperate at a greater-'01 less depth, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The receptacle O, suspended on pivots in front of the rotatingbuckets E, and constructed with an endhoartl, f, hinged at its upperedge, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

" 1 A. MIOHELBAOHER. Witnesses A. LE 'OLnno,

W. V. AcKEnMAu

